Batishchev v. Cote

Fremont-Smith, Thayer, J.

In this case, plaintiffs assert that they were fraudulently induced to purchase a condominium unit which was represented to be the right-hand unit in the building and to be free of significant water infiltration, whereas they were actually sold the left-hand unit which they did not want and which had a significant water infiltration problem.

After a trial on liability, the jury found that the erroneous sale resulted from the negligence of plaintiffs’ attorney, Natasha Amitan (“Amitan”),1 and from the intentional misrepresentations of the seller’s attorney, Sabrina Lanz…